This is an AI-generated digest of global and domestic motorcycle news. For full details, please read the original article.
KTM India has launched the 350 Duke (277,000 rupees) and 350 Adventure (281,000 rupees), fitting the 390 Duke and 390 Adventure platforms with a 349cc engine. Thanks to the 18% GST rate applied, both models come in cheaper than their 399cc counterparts.
Dropping to 349cc to pass the benefit of the 18% tax bracket onto the price — as a spec nerd, that move makes me sit up. Output is 40.9bhp / 33.5Nm, with the same suspension, brakes, and tank as the 399cc version. They're lowering the entry price without cutting any actual substance. Renaming the 399cc version to 'R' and selling both side by side is a smart bit of lineup management too. A design that plays with displacement and tax brackets on the same chassis — very India, and I want to keep following it.
Login required to post a comment
What's actually different between the 350 Adventure and the 390 Adventure?
With the smaller displacement power drops a bit, but I'd place it as the budget version where the price is kept down to compensate.
Bugs me that the article doesn't give the actual power difference between the 349cc and 399cc.
Among others in India also playing the tax-bracket game, this'll probably compete with things like Bajaj's Dominar 350.
If you can get a KTM starting from 277,000 rupees, that's a pretty attractive price point for young riders in India.
Just dropping displacement to grab a tax break, from a user's perspective that leaves you with kind of mixed feelings.
More options is great, but it feels unstable since the lineup will probably keep shifting depending on tax rules going forward.
Launching a 349cc version of the 350 series that ends up cheaper than the 399cc thanks to GST breaks, that's an interesting strategy.
![[Video] MV Agusta Unveils the Brutale 1000 ABT, a Special Model Collaboration With ABT](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Febcyllahemayvlukmyyw.supabase.co%2Fstorage%2Fv1%2Fobject%2Fpublic%2Farticle-images%2F1121d65b-0a25-4d21-9077-46c76a5ab102.jpg&w=3840&q=85)